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Kuwait court expels harsh government critic from parliament

Kuwait court expels harsh government critic from parliament

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s constitutional court ordered the country’s most outspoken opposition lawmaker expelled from parliament on…
Protests erupt in Jordan after COVID-19 hospital deaths scandal

Protests erupt in Jordan after COVID-19 hospital deaths scandal

AMMAN (Reuters) – Protests erupted across many of Jordan’s cities and provincial towns against the government’s coronavirus restrictions, a day…
Israeli PM avoided Saudi airspace because of Huthi missiles

Israeli PM avoided Saudi airspace because of Huthi missiles

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was deterred from flying to the United Arab Emirates through…
British-Iranian aid worker appears in Iran court for propaganda trial

British-Iranian aid worker appears in Iran court for propaganda trial

DUBAI (Reuters) – British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was tried on a new charge of making “propaganda against the system”…
Afghan government to attend both US and Russia backed peace conferences

Afghan government to attend both US and Russia backed peace conferences

KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan government said on Saturday it would participate in two separate US- and Russian-backed peace conferences…
Syrian farmer lost wife and sons to war; grandchildren are his solace

Syrian farmer lost wife and sons to war; grandchildren are his solace

IDLIB, Syria (Reuters) – Abdel Razzak al-Khatoun was a well-to-do farmer in Syria’s rural Hama province. Ten years after the…
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian family in West Bank

Israeli settlers attack Palestinian family in West Bank

JERUSALEM (AP) — A group of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian family on Saturday near a settlement outpost in the…
Migrants demand international probe into deadly Yemen fire

Migrants demand international probe into deadly Yemen fire

CAIRO (AP) — A leader of the migrant community in the Yemeni capital on Saturday called for an international probe…
Car bomb kills at least 7, injures 53 in Afghan Herat province

Car bomb kills at least 7, injures 53 in Afghan Herat province

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A powerful car bomb near a police station on Friday night killed at least seven people…
Jordan health minister steps down after deaths in virus ward

Jordan health minister steps down after deaths in virus ward

SALT, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s health minister stepped down Saturday after at least six patients in a hospital COVID-19 patient…
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